1953–54 SK Rapid Wien season

Rapid Wien

1953–54 season
Coach	Josef Uridil
Stadium	Pfarrwiese, Vienna, Austria
Staatsliga A	Champions (19th title)
Top goalscorer	Robert Dienst (25)
Average home league attendance	13,600

The 1953–54 SK Rapid Wien season was the 56th season in club history.

Squad

Squad statistics

Nat.	Name	Age	League
			Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	Dieter Pflug	19	5
	Walter Zeman	26	21
Defenders
	Ernst Happel	27	21	3
	Robert Kaffka	23	8
	Max Merkel	34	12
Midfielders
	Leopold Gernhardt	33	15
	Karl Giesser	24	20	2
	Franz Golobic	31	24
	Johann Riegler	23	25	2
Forwards
	Robert Dienst	25	26	25
	Leopold Eineder	20	1
	Paul Halla	22	22	7
	Gerhard Hanappi	24	24	21
	Alfred Körner	27	19	5
	Robert Körner	28	17	8
	Bruno Mehsarosch	19	5	5
	Erich Probst	25	21	16

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

League

Rd	Date	Venue	Opponent	Res.	Att.	Goals and discipline
1	23.08.1953	A	GAK	3-1	8,000	Dienst 13' 49', Halla 20'
2	26.08.1953	H	Admira	3-2	16,000	Körner A. 7', Dienst 55', Hanappi 75'
3	30.08.1953	A	Austria Salzburg	3-1	10,000	Hanappi 8', Probst E. 43' 57'
4	02.09.1953	A	FAC	7-0	5,000	Hanappi 16' 22' 52', Dienst 57', Probst E. 50', Halla 70'
5	06.09.1953	A	Austria Wien	3-4	60,000	Probst E. 10', Körner R. 70' (pen.), Hanappi 88'
6	13.09.1953	A	FC Wien	3-0	6,000	Hanappi 1', Dienst 44' 86'
7	15.09.1953	H	LASK	8-0	8,000	Probst E. , Körner R. , Körner A. , Giesser , Dienst , Teinitzer (o.g.)
8	20.09.1953	A	Sturm Graz	4-2	8,000	Probst E. 15' 60', Körner R. 47' (pen.), Hanappi 73'
9	03.10.1953	A	Wiener SC	1-1	12,000	Dienst 55'
10	15.12.1953	H	Simmering	2-2	2,500	Dienst 35', Happel 40' (pen.)
11	25.10.1953	A	Wiener AC	2-1	10,000	Probst E. 7', Dienst 61'
12	31.10.1953	H	Wacker Wien	2-2	20,000	Happel 19', Mehsarosch 51'
13	08.11.1953	H	Vienna	4-3	20,000	Dienst 44' 80', Happel 54' (pen.), Probst E. 67'
14	15.11.1953	H	GAK	4-1	15,000	Dienst 17', Hanappi 35' 67', Körner A. 53'
15	06.12.1953	A	Admira	1-1	7,500	Mehsarosch 33'
16	13.12.1953	H	Austria Salzburg	5-1	6,500	Dienst 65', Probst E. 80', Mehsarosch 82' 84' 87'
17	28.02.1954	H	FAC	4-2	11,000	Dienst 4' 6', Probst E. 33' 44'
18	07.03.1954	H	Austria Wien	3-0	50,000	Giesser 7', Halla 33', Hanappi 89'
19	14.03.1954	H	FC Wien	7-2	8,000	Dienst 7' 21' 44' 56', Körner R. 30', Hanappi 40' 48'
20	21.03.1954	A	LASK	5-0	16,000	Kralovic 33' (o.g.), Probst E. 48' 57', Hanappi 52', Riegler 80'
21	23.03.1954	H	Sturm Graz	6-4	4,000	Hanappi 3' 39' 64', Dienst 35', Riegler 49', Halla 74'
22	28.03.1954	A	Vienna	2-2	30,000	Dienst 34' 54'
23	04.04.1954	H	Wiener SC	2-3	9,000	Körner R. 19', Hanappi 84'
24	24.04.1954	A	Wacker Wien	5-1	16,000	Dienst 50', Hanappi 53', Halla 68' 70', Körner A. 89'
25	02.05.1954	H	Wiener AC	4-5	6,000	Halla 4', Körner A. 35', Körner R. 36' (pen.), Probst E. 89'
26	16.05.1954	A	Simmering	3-2	7,000	Probst E. 19', Hanappi 58' 75'